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arts of the earth offers a kaleidoscope of consultancy services for innovative visual arts, creative projects, and learning experiences. Inspired by the needs of the contemporary world, our work is grounded in the importance of nurturing the critical skills of the 21st century in building sustainable and inclusive futures.
Our work thrives on the visual art and creative practices. We lead and build practices through co-creation and collaboration. We ensure the successful implementation of innovative practices by mentoring. Past and present projects include the design of:
An essential part of our services are to provide training, mentoring and professional development and are MOE Vendor registered. With more than 30 years of experience in designing course materials in the arts, creativity, play, language and special needs in higher education. We provide specialist and tailor made workshops which include:
With our extensive experience of more than 30 years of experience in teacher education, many of our insitu workshops have been translated to online learning. Our Learning Hub provides a range of easily accessible professional development courses centred on the visual arts, creativity and visual literacy. Our online learning courses are supplemented by:
The design of creative spaces is not bound by four walls or expensive furniture. Instead we support architects and schools in designs that are inspired by the psychology and poetry of space. We add our knowledge to understand the people inhabiting the creative space, as a place that is intended to bridge living and learning and become a social meaning-making places. Spaces were designed for play creative organisations, primary schools and special schools.
For the past two decades Esther Joosa has curated several art exhibitions. COVID 19 brought her to transfer the global art exhibition Deep Down first held in Yucatan, Mexico into online curation, which provides unique insights into the voices of artists with Down syndrome.
Learning, development and creativity does not happen in a vacuum. Hence part of our services are in building global communities where individuals can connect with likeminded people from across the borders and continents to share, learn and promote active dialogue with each other. Each community embraces diversity, fosters a sense of belonging, and enhances creativity. Some communities are:
To us the home is the genesis of all creativity, whereby education is not just for schools, but includes parents as the main stakeholders. In our work we reach out to parents and provide individual coaching and workshops to unleash the creative potential of parents. We especially care for parents with children with disabilities and have developed in collaboration with Playeum a special play program Open Minds Open Doors.
Our projects are inspired by the arts as catalyst of meaning-making and a voice of young children, marginalised communities and disabled artists. Our experiences provide continuous inspiration and project partners have been many, such as Playeum, Singapore International Foundation, SG Enable and Mediacorp.
What sets us apart is our dedication to developing creative practices through arts-based action research. We have supported many projects through research including the development of the Standards for the Visual Arts for Ministry of Education Special Education Branch, curriculum development for special education schools, the voices of parents and the role of play in the lives of children with disabilities.
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